What was your largest repair bill?

Not mine, but a 456 at FoD has a weird noise in the engine, but owner's spouse drove it home. Busted valve which led to $45K engine overhaul. Dave Helms might remember it.

 

I'm having Algar do the work. Gave them a budget, told them to scream if we get close.

They have allowed me to buy the parts, no extra charge on labor even with my parts. $90/hr, we need about another 15-20 hrs to button the car up.

So, I saved some pretty serious bucks buying exhaust, valves, pistons, etc, wothout the standard Ferrari markup.

But, all in all, I will certainly fall under $20K

I think $25K is excessive, you can buy the whole engine for less than that.

 

A little over $2k when I was hit by a snow plow in my Volvo S40 when I was stopped at a light last winter..

 

My original estimate was $16,000.00 so I said go ahead. Insurance Co. agreed.
As things progressed, the project got more and more expensive, leading to the final price of $44,000.oo. At that point it got down to the insurance Co. paying the repair bill, and I had to give the car to the insurance Co. leaving me with nothing. The insurance Co. negotiated the bill down to $38,000.00 which was the insured value of the car, and I got to keep the car.

 

Took my 355 Spider in a couple of years ago and was told that it's common for 355s to have one of their 2 exhaust manifolds (I think that was the wording he used) go faulty. He was very sorry to tell me that both of mine were shot. Each one cost $4k, plus $1k in labor, so $9k total.

 

Ooops, sorry about the double post, I clicked back on my browser and got the "Page has expired" page, so I hit reload and it posted again what I posted earlier. If a moderator sees this, please remove this and the above post. Thanks.

 

Bloody hell! What was he buying to get over 74 grand in parts?! Was it being highly modified, or was it actually a wreck?

I've heard those Mustang Cobra's are oversteer beasts, have fun with it.

 

$17,005 to rebuild transmission, paint front spoiler, recharge air, replaced belts (although they were replace several months prior- might as well get 7 more months worth of time till the next replacement), and a few other minor items. On a TESTAROSSA.

 

32,000 to replace the engine on a 2001 c32 amg mercedes that threw a rod at 9200mi.

thank god for the mercedes warranty!